A bill passed by both the Arizona House and Senate that would allow businesses to refuse service to gay and lesbian customers will either become law, or be vetoed by the governor, by Friday. The NFL, which plans to hold the 2015 Super Bowl at Universit…
Why Does Obama Want to Extend a War He Doesn’t Believe In?
A local boy looks at US Army soldiers as they conduct a morning patrol through the village of Kowall in Arghandab District, July 11, 2010. (Reuters/Bob Str…
The Government Really Isn’t Sure What Snowden Took
Out this morning in the New York Times is a stark tale: The United States’ intelligence apparatus has little idea what Edward Snowden took, despite spending half a trying to find out.
As the full scope of what Snowden absconded with likely can’t be known, the government is forced to operate on its toes, unsure of what might be coming next. And that could be anything. From the phone metadata program, to PRISM, to work on ending everyday encryption, to the pervasive XKeyscore, to MUSCULAR, the Snowden revelations have been as broad as they have been deep.
Is Paul Ryan the GOP’s Next Jack Kemp?
Answer: yes.
And definitely not.
The question arises as Ryan, the Wisconsin congressman and House Budget Committee chair, slides back into the news cycle in a major way for the first time since the defeat of the Romney-Ryan ticket last year. On Tuesd…
Obama’s NSA Task Force May Recommend Meaningful Changes
President Obama’s surveillance task force will reportedly recommend that a civilian should direct the National Security Agency and that it should reform its mass data collection practices. An overview of the non-binding recommendations were described to The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, giving the eager public a glimpse of what might be in store.
Unfortunately, the headlines offer conflicting interpretations. If you bother reading multiple news outlets today, you’ll conclude that the president’s spying reform task group is going to recommend a “modest” but complete “overhaul” of the National Security Agency, and “continue” with mass data collection, but in a way that protects privacy.
Concealed Carry
On a recent Sunday morning at a small target range in rural Frederick, Md., a handful of teenagers are shooting .22 caliber rifles. Inside an adjacent clubhouse, Perrin Lewis, a crane operator and part-time firearms instructor, presents a fact-packed, …
North Carolina Shows Why the Voting Rights Act Is Still Needed
Poll workers reviewing ballots in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 6, 2012. (Reuters/Chris Keane)
A federal judge in Winston-Salem t…
The Left’s Reality Problem
The “reality-based community” isn’t what it used to be. Progressives spent much of the George W. Bush years deriding the right for disdaining reality itself and waging an associated “war on science,” such was its purported…
Nelson Mandela and His Cause Weren’t Always Revered in the US
Leaders from across the world will gather in South Africa this week to pay tribute to the most extraordinary leader of our lifetime, Nelson Mandela. The chorus of tributes, from across the globe and across the political spectrum, cannot hope to do justice to this remarkable man, who emerged from twenty-seven years in prison with a grace, dignity and will sufficient to transform the brutal apartheid system peacefully and spread hope across the world.